MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2002 Regular Session

To: Game and Fish

By: Representative Brown

House Bill 336

AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS MOTOR VEHICLE FUND; TO TRANSFER THE REMAINING UNEXPENDED MONIES INTO THE FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE FUND; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 49-6-1, 49-6-3 AND 49-6-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH DEFINE TERMS, CREATE THE WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS MOTOR VEHICLE FUND AND PROVIDE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Motor Vehicle Fund created under Section 49-6-3 is abolished.

     (2)  All monies remaining in the fund on June 30, 2001, shall be transferred to the Fisheries and Wildlife Fund created under Section 49-5-21 on July 1, 2001.

     SECTION 2.  Sections 49-6-1, 49-6-3 and 49-6-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, which define terms, create the Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Motor Vehicle Fund and provide for the implementation of a motor vehicle replacement program, are repealed.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.